British Science Fiction Series

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Neville Jason, who played Prince Reynart in the 1978 Doctor Who story The Androids of Tara, has died at 81. http://tobyhadoke.com/doctor-who/neville-jason-rip-androids-of-tara-actor-dies/

 

Other well known roles include Kerim's chauffeur in From Russia With Love, Lapointe in the 1960s TV show Maigret, and Bob Turner in Emergency Ward 10.

 

That only leaves Lois Baxter, Tom Baker and John Leeson from that serial. It is one that I really enjoy and watch repeatedly.

 

Paul Lavers is also still alive.

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Neville Jason, who played Prince Reynart in the 1978 Doctor Who story The Androids of Tara, has died at 81. http://tobyhadoke.com/doctor-who/neville-jason-rip-androids-of-tara-actor-dies/

 

Other well known roles include Kerim's chauffeur in From Russia With Love, Lapointe in the 1960s TV show Maigret, and Bob Turner in Emergency Ward 10.

 

That only leaves Lois Baxter, Tom Baker and John Leeson from that serial. It is one that I really enjoy and watch repeatedly.

 

Paul Laver and Martin Matthews are also still alive from the credited cast

[msc 17,762]

According to fan forums, Paul Darrow has been significantly unwell.

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According to fan forums, Paul Darrow has been significantly unwell.

 

Nooooooo. He is one I hope lasts a good while longer.

[YoungWillz 19,099]

William Byrd Wilkins, who had a role as the Preacher in the Matt Smith Doctor Who story A Town Called Mercy, (credited as Byrd Wilkins) has died at 50 from pancreatic cancer. http://www.startribune.com/a-twin-cities-connected-actor-has-died/339516561/

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Kenneth Gilbert, who played Richard Dunbar in the Tom Baker Doctor Who story The Seeds Of Doom, has died at 84. http://tobyhadoke.com/doctor-who/kenneth-gilbert-1931-2015-douglas-camfield-regular-dies/

 

Appeared in loads of things, the 1990 House of Cards, Callan, On The Buses and even Stig Of The Dump.

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Lots of Docctor Who actors dying these days !

[YoungWillz 19,099]

Ruth Boswell, TV producer and writer who produced around 39 episodes of The Tomorrow People as well as many other dramas, has died at 86. http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015/nov/04/ruth-boswell

 

Edit: She also developed the kids' TV series Timeslip.

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Lots of Docctor Who actors dying these days !

 

Doctor Who is one of those shows where due to the length of time it's been running, there will be a whole array of actors would have appeared in an episode or two.

Every time I'd go to the theatre and glance through the program 9 times out of 10, the actors would have appeared on Dr. Who, The Bill, or Casualty

[YoungWillz 19,099]

 

Lots of Docctor Who actors dying these days !

 

Doctor Who is one of those shows where due to the length of time it's been running, there will be a whole array of actors would have appeared in an episode or two.

Every time I'd go to the theatre and glance through the program 9 times out of 10, the actors would have appeared on Dr. Who, The Bill, or Casualty

 

 

I agree. There's lots of reasons why actors appear in this thread for Doctor Who appearances, but I guess the main one for me is that an actor can have many myriad roles in TV and film, appearing in a scene here or an episode there, but when they appear in Doctor Who, especially the classic series, their role is inevitably much larger and more central to the plot, sometimes over three, four, six or even ten episodes. Given that, the iconic status of the serial and that certain folk will remember certain stories with affection combine to highlight their appearance here.

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Well, Kenneth Gilbert is meant to have died, and he was in Seeds of Doom.

 

Just saying likes.

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Well, Kenneth Gilbert is meant to have died, and he was in Seeds of Doom.

 

Just saying likes.

Aint that what the average syphilis carrier carries in his scrotum???

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As the doctor was Tom Baker in that episode, then the correct answer is "yes"..

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Well, Kenneth Gilbert is meant to have died, and he was in Seeds of Doom.

 

Just saying likes.

 

Already said, like. http://www.deathlist.net/forums/index.php?showtopic=6052&p=240403

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Lots of Docctor Who actors dying these days !

 

Doctor Who is one of those shows where due to the length of time it's been running, there will be a whole array of actors would have appeared in an episode or two.

Every time I'd go to the theatre and glance through the program 9 times out of 10, the actors would have appeared on Dr. Who, The Bill, or Casualty

 

 

I agree. There's lots of reasons why actors appear in this thread for Doctor Who appearances, but I guess the main one for me is that an actor can have many myriad roles in TV and film, appearing in a scene here or an episode there, but when they appear in Doctor Who, especially the classic series, their role is inevitably much larger and more central to the plot, sometimes over three, four, six or even ten episodes. Given that, the iconic status of the serial and that certain folk will remember certain stories with affection combine to highlight their appearance here.

 

 

It also gives people a sort of cultural osmosis. I've lost track of the number of times a good actor has died, I've mentioned it to the wife, then reeled off any number of big films they've been in whilst her face is blank, until finally going "He was the villain in The Green Death" and then people seem to know who you meant!

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A few lists of living actors from cult British SF. Tried for the twenty living actors who appeared in most episodes. Credited cast members only. There's a lot of actors out there with no dates who stopped acting decades ago, so stuck with those known to be alive.

 

Classic Doctor Who (top 20 in order of most episodes)

1. Tom Baker (Doctor 1974-81) b. 1934
2. Frazer Hines (Jamie) b. 1944
3. Pat Gorman (various monsters) c. 1937
4. Katy Manning (Jo Grant) b. 1946
5. William Russell (Ian) b. 1924
6. John Levene (Benton) b. 1941
7. Peter Davison (Doctor 1981-4) b. 1951
8. Janet Fielding (Tegan) b. 1953
9. John Leeson (voice of K9) b. 1943
10. Carole Ann Ford (Susan) b. 1940
11. Wendy Padbury (Zoe) b. 1947
12. Sarah Sutton (Nyssa) b. 1961
13. Lalla Ward (Romana II) b. 1951
14. Peter Purves (Steven) b. 1939
15. Matthew Waterhouse (Adric) b. 1961
16. Slyvester McCoy (Doctor 1987-9) b. 1943
17. Richard Franklin (Mike Yayes) b. 1936
18. Louise Jameson (Leela) b. 1951
19. Deborah Watling (Victoria) b. 1948
20. Maureen O’Brien (Vicki) b. 1943

 

The Avengers (living actors in at least 3 episodes)

1. Diana Rigg (Emma Peel) b. 1938
2. Honor Blackman (Cathy Gale) b. 1925
3. Linda Thorson (Tara King) b. 1947
4. Julie Stevens (various) b. 1936
5. Valentino Musetti (various) b. 1943
6. Peter J Elliot (various) b. 1932
7. Peter Clay (various) b. 1930
8. Rocky Taylor (various) b. 1946
9. Warren Mitchell b. 1926
10. Julian Glover b. 1935
11. Peter Bowles b. 1936
12. Judy Parfitt b. 1935
13. Doug Robinson b. 1930
14. Gary Watson b. 1930
15. Geoffrey Palmer b. 1927
16. John Woodvine b. 1929
17. Jon Rollason b. 1931
18. John Carson b. 1927
19. Gerald Harper b. 1929
20. Jeremy Young b. 1934

 

Adam Adamant Lives (2 episodes or more)

1. Gerald Harper (Adam Adamant) b. 1929
2. Juliet Harmer (Georgina Jones) b. 1943
3. Kenneth Ives b. 1934
4. Derek Martin b. 1933

 

A for Andromeda (at least one episode)

1. Julie Christie b. 1941
2. Frank Windsor b. 1927
3. Brenda Peters c. 1937
4. Anthony Valentine b. 1939
5. John Nettleton b. 1929

Blake’s 7 (top 20 in order of most episodes)

1. Michael Keating b. 1947
2. Paul Darrow b. 1941
3. Jan Chappell b. 1949
4. Jacqueline Pearce b. 1943
5. Gareth Thomas b. 1945
6. Sally Knyvette b. 1951
7. Steven Pacey b. 1957
8. Josette Simon b. 1960
9. Glynis Barber b. 1955
10. Stuart Fell c 1950
11. Brian Croucher b. 1942
12. Stephen Greif b. 1944
13. Deep Roy b. 1957
14. John Savident b. 1938
15. Peter Craze b. 1946
16. Peter Miles c. 1937
17. Michael Halsey c. 1952
18. John Leeson b. 1943
19. Leslie Schofield b. 1938
20. Tony Caunter b. 1937

Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons

1. Jeremy Wilkin (Ochre) b. 1930
2. Sylvia Anderson b. 1927
3. Gary Files c. 1944
4. Shane Rimmer b. 1929

Day of the Triffids (1981)

1. John Duttine b. 1949
2. Jonathan Newth b. 1939
3. Elizabeth Chambers c 1937
4. Cleo Sylvestre b. 1945
5. John Benfield c 1957
6. David Swift b. 1931
7. Eva Griffith b. 1962
8. Christopher Owen c 1946
9. William Morgan Sheppard b. 1932
10. Jon Rumney c. 1939
11. Lorna Yabsley b. 1964
12. Denis Gilmore b. 1949
13. Edmund Pegge c. 1943
14. Donald Pelmear b. 1924
15. Sally Lahee b. 1923
16. Gordon Case c. 1944
17. Alan Helm b. 1938
18. Albie Woodington c 1959
19. Andrew Paul b. 1961
20. Beryl Nesbitt c. 1935

 

Doomwatch (in at least 2 episodes)

1. Robert Powell b. 1944
2. John Bown b. 1934
3. Wendy Hall b. 1941
4. John Nolan b. 1938
5. Jean Trend b. 1935
6. Michael Elwyn b. 1943
7. Jennifer Wilson b. 1932
8. Victor Platt b. 1920
9. John Savident b. 1938
10. Richardson Morgan c. 1945
11. Geoffrey Palmer b. 1927
12. Ron Gregory c. 1945
13. Frances Pidgeon b. 1931

 

The Prisoner (in at least 2 episodes)

1. Christopher Benjamin b. 1934
2. Peter Brace b. 1924

 

Sapphire and Steel (in at least 2 episodes)

1. David McCallum b. 1933
2. Joanna Lumley b. 1946
3. David Collings b. 1940
4. David Woodcock b. 1954
5. David Cann c. 1957
6. Peter Laird c. 1944
7. Patricia Shakesby b. 1938
8. Catherine Hall c. 1959
9. David Gant c. 1939
10. Felicity Huffman c. 1948
11. Stephen MacDonald c. 1959
12. Jeremy Child b. 1944
13. Jennie Stoller b. 1946
14. Alyson Spiro b. 1955
15. Edward de Souza b. 1932
16. Johanna Kirby c. 1956
17. Christopher Fairbank b. 1953
18. John Golightly b. 1936

 

Quatermass (1950s) (in at least one episode)

 

Note - Some of these I am dubious about being still alive.

1. Moray Watson b. 1928
2. Josephine Crombie b. 1929
3. Patrick Westwood b. 1924
4. Iris Ballard b. 1918
5. Nicholas Bruce b. 1919 (probably dead)
6. Paddy Russell b. 1928
7. Stephen Scott b. 1928
8. Tom Clegg b. 1927
9. Melvyn Hayes b. 1935
10. Ian Ainsley b. 1917 (dubious)
11. Victor Platt b. 1920
12. Mark Eden b. 1928
13. Keith Banks b. 1927

 

And as a bonus, due to the fact those lists are (as a nature of the beast) incomplete, here are the twenty oldest living guest stars from classic Doctor Who.

 

1. Earl Cameron b. 1917
2. Arnold Yarrow b. 1920
3. Peter Sallis b. 1921
4. Gordon Sterne b. 1923
5. Nicholas Parsons b. 1923
6. Donald Pelmear b. 1924
7. Geoffrey Bayldon b. 1924
8. David Graham b. 1925
9. George A Cooper b. 1925
10. Morris Perry b. 1925
11. Ysanne Churchman b. 1925
12. James Garbutt b. 1925
13. Laurie Webb b. 1925
14. William Lucas b. 1925
15. Andre Maranne b. 1926
16. Glyn Houston b. 1926
17. Geoffrey Palmer b. 1927
18. John Carson b. 1927
19. Frank Windsor b. 1927
20. Ken Dodd b. 1927

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^^ Phew!

 

No "Tomorrow People"? Only jesting. Must have taken some work, thanks msc.

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^^ Phew!

 

No "Tomorrow People"? Only jesting. Must have taken some work, thanks msc.

 

 

 

My impression was that The Tomorrow People were mostly kids and so wouldn't be that old even today? Never watched it though.

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I forgot Sapphire & Steel when I was discussing David Collings on another thread.

 

Thanks for reminding me.

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Speculation that Jenna Coleman to leave Doctor Who: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34266847

 

Heard that before! Champagne is still on ice.

 

I actually like Jenna Coleman. She's cute as a little button

Phantom, the good news is that Jenna's left you and I with this cover shot as a parting gift:

 

 

 

Cutest. Girl. Ever.

[Magere Hein 1,397]

Cutest. Girl. Ever.

Oh dear, full frontal cuteness.

[Dead Wait 1,096]

 

Cutest. Girl. Ever.

Oh dear, full frontal cuteness.

 

If you like her with clothes on......she's even better in Room at the Top!

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Speculation that Jenna Coleman to leave Doctor Who: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34266847

 

Heard that before! Champagne is still on ice.

I actually like Jenna Coleman. She's cute as a little button

Phantom, the good news is that Jenna's left you and I with this cover shot as a parting gift:

Cutest. Girl. Ever.

at least she left on a high note.

[Pistol Knight 48]

Some great research msc with your listings. I'm sure one or two of those names will be considered for the 2016 list

[Phantom 2,469]

 

 

Speculation that Jenna Coleman to leave Doctor Who: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34266847

 

Heard that before! Champagne is still on ice.

I actually like Jenna Coleman. She's cute as a little button

Phantom, the good news is that Jenna's left you and I with this cover shot as a parting gift:

 

 

 

Cutest. Girl. Ever.

 

...now I'm hungry.